Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 3.37% or 27.40 points to trade at 839.80 at the close. Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) added 2.25% or 4.40 points to end at 199.95 and Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL) was up 2.11% or 7.80 points to 377.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITV PLC (LON:ITV), which lost 4.32% or 4.75 points to trade at 105.25 in late trade. Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) declined 2.63% or 12.00 points to end at 445.00 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) shed 2.22% or 5.10 points to 224.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1316 to 866 and 204 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.15% or 2.05 to $1345.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.78% or 0.41 to hit $52.69 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.21% or 0.74 to trade at $62.05 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.60% to 1.2595, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.8898.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 97.553.